Gaza City faces public health crisis amid waste management blockade

Even before the war, Gaza had a garbage crisis, with tons of waste produced daily and just three landfills to take it. It’s now facing an environmental and humanitarian crisis as the population is forced to live surrounded by rubbish.

When the Israeli blockade of Gaza prevented sanitation crews from accessing waste disposal sites in the eastern parts of the city, authorities established a landfill in the centre of Gaza City. But what…